TRAIN ROBBERY.
HOW THE THIEVES WORKED. FOUR REAR VANS RIFLED. WHILE SORTERS WERE IN FRONT CARS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received November 21, 8.5 a.m.) PARIS, 20th November. It is probable 'that the thieves who opened fifty mail-bags on a train near Macon, France, and got away with contents the value of which is roughly estimated at £120,000, boarded the toain at Dijon. The mail saeks in the four rear vans were rifled while all the 'sorters were working in the four front vane. . English mails despatched on .Friday for India travelled by a eubsequent train. On the other hand, the MessageriesMaritime's steamer Caledonien's London mail, despatched before Friday, v wtt» ransacked.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 123, 21 November 1911, Page 7
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TRAIN ROBBERY.
Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 123, 21 November 1911, Page 7
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